Next generation air transportation system : issues associated with midterm implementation of capabilities and full system transformation.

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• Alternative Title:
  Issues associated with midterm implementation of capabilities and full system transformation ; Testimony before the subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives
• Creators:
  Dillingham, Gerald Lee
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Airspace (Aeronautics)
  • Airspace (Law)
  • Air traffic control
  • Air traffic control facilities
  • Air traffic controllers
  • Aeronautics and state--United States
  • National Airspace System (U.S.)
  • Air traffic control--United States
  • Aeronautics, Commercial--United States--Management
• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO-09-481T
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Abstract:
  To prepare for forecasted air traffic ; growth, the Federal Aviation ; Administration (FAA), including its ; Joint Planning and Development ; Office (JPDO) and Air Traffic ; Organization (ATO), is planning for ; and implementing the Next ; Generation Air Transportation ; System (NextGen) in partnership ; with other federal agencies and the ; aviation industry. NextGen will ; transform the current radar-based ; air traffic control system into a ; more automated aircraft-centered, ; satellite-based system. GAO’s ; previous work has identified issues ; related to the usefulness of ; NextGen planning documents, ; FAA’s organizational structure to ; manage the transition to NextGen, ; and FAA’s workforce to oversee ; and implement NextGen. Recently, ; the focus of NextGen planning and ; implementation has shifted to ; capabilities that can be achieved in ; the midterm, defined as 2012 ; through 2018. ; GAO’s testimony focuses on (1) ; JPDO’s and ATO’s progress in ; planning NextGen and changes in ; the NextGen management ; structure; (2) ongoing efforts to ; implement midterm capabilities to ; address capacity constraints, and ; issues related to these efforts; and ; (3) key human capital issues, ; research and development needs, ; and facilities maintenance and ; reconfiguration challenges going ; forward. GAO’s testimony updates ; prior GAO work with FAA data and ; interviews with agency and union ; officials and industry stakeholders, ; including airline, aircraft, and ; avionics manufacturer ; representatives.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17389/dot_17389_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 502.50 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c7a4e338e2ec7757a3caabb107bf0047a7ec5bb9dac27e92292f6fe5b234ec16